The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-09-10
NORTHERN OHIO.

Akron, o., August 81, 1SS7.-[To the
Editor of The UNIvERsAL1sT. = Last
Sunday was the first after vacation at
the Akron church; and although many of
our people had not returned, yet good
sized audience was present to greet the
pastor. The morning sermon had for
theme: elements Of a Living Church."
based on chapter xii of Corinthians.
1t was plain and forcible presentation
of the duty and responsibility of church
people and emphasized the need of men
in the church as working factors. The
pastor also enforced individual RESPONSE
bility and showed the necessity of SUBJ
iecting the now too great individualism
among Universalists to the interests OF
harmony and aggressive Christian SYM
patty and labor in behalf of needy and
suffering humanity. The Importance of
worship as an agency in the cultivation
of spiritual gifts was also dwelt upon
and enforced as religious duty and
privilege.
The annual grove meeting Of the
friends at Sharon Center was to be held in
the grove of Br. Thomas Briggs, two
and half miles north of the Center,
on Sunday, September 4. Preaching by
President Gone, of Buchtel College.
Temperance Work.
The Neac Era, OF Springfield, in speak
ing of another of our "women workers."
Mrs. s. M. Perkins, of Cleveland, also a
preacher among us, says: "Mrs. Per-
kins was in Ashland, and spoke at our
open air gospel temperance meeting; also
in the Methodist church. She is w. @.
L. q. speaker, but nevertheless breaches
sound doctrine and deals in straight
temperance goods. She is convincing
speaker, and in her open air address sent
some truth home to hearts that are sell
dom found in an audience room where
temperance is preached. She evidently
believes that good religion and good pol
itics will not spoil one another when
dealt out together ON the Sabbath day"
The same paper also contains an ex-
cellent article from the pen of one OF our
young theologues, Rev. f. Temple Lathe,
who recently came to this State, and who
is at present preaching at Caledonia.
The subject OF this paper in the Neao Era
is obstacles and Encouragements in the
Temperance Work" We are pleased to
mention the above as among the many
devoted temperance workers we have in
our ministry. We seldom fiId any who
are not laborers in this great cause.
Whether the laity are largely interested
in the work we are unable to say. We
do know goodly company OF such, how
ever, and presume that the good instruc.
ton the laity has generally received, has
not been wasted. Let the good work 90
on. 1t is greatly needed in whatsoever di-
rection we look; but especially in our
cities and large towns does the ram
power dominate in almost every phase of
municipal government, or rather want of
government. Public officials, as things
are now ordered, stand powerless to Gu
force the laws. BY some hook or crook
the laws are evaded, and at present at
least ten different methods OF making the
Dow law Of little or no effect, are now
practiced in the various places where
that law has been enacted.
Rev. VIM. Tucker, d. D., preached last
Sunday at the Mount Gilead church.
morning and evening. The morning
subject was: "The Views OF Rev. George
G. Haddock, the Temperance Martyr. on
Mans final Destiny" Evening subject: